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Disney+ blocks under-sevens from watching 'racist' Peter Pan, Dumbo and The Aristocats for breaching 'content advisories

posted 3 years ago by Satan2016 (23379)
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Used to be advisories, now partial ban, later full ban! Bet they won't name the "external experts".

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9179987/Disney-blocks-sevens-watching-racist-Peter-Pan-Dumbo-Aristocats.html

Generations of children have been charmed by the magical tale of the boy who never grew up, but Peter Pan is now on a list of banned movies.

Bosses at Disney have blocked anyone under the age of seven from watching the 1953 animated classic on its streaming service over concerns that it portrays racial stereotypes, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Three other long-standing family favourites – The Aristocats, Swiss Family Robinson and Dumbo – have also been removed from children’s accounts for breaching ‘content advisories’ that were recently put in place.

Disney implemented a revised content advisory in October to flag up any issues surrounding racial stereotypes and concerns were raised in relation to Peter Pan and the other productions. The decision to ban the films from children’s accounts was made by a group of external experts who were brought in to assess if the content ‘represented global audiences’.

[–] sslssg (27906) 3 years ago

More reasons to own physical copies of these movies. Soon those questionable scenes will disappear, or the movie might join Song of the South in the dirty secret closet.

[–] Egosomnia (791) 3 years ago

That's what they want. Disc sales must be down.

[–] sslssg (27906) 3 years ago

I'm not so sure that's the reason. I think that soon you won't be able to buy those problematic movies in physical form or if you can, you will only be able to purchase the digitally altered versions. Just like you can't buy the theatrical versions of Star Wars.

[–] Egosomnia (791) 3 years ago

Money is always the reason.

They're only "problematic" because some asshat says they are. Nobody really cares.

[–] sslssg (27906) 3 years ago

So why isn't Song of the South for sale?

[–] Egosomnia (791) 3 years ago

Money. It's always about money, even when it's dressed up as "social conscience". They'll sell it for a fortune when the demand gets high enough

[–] Kowalski (58380) 3 years ago

YEAH...WAY DOWN,FOR A LONG TIME...DISNEY HAS NO PLANS ON RELEASING A LARGE AMOUNT OF THEIR SHOWS AND MOVIES ON DISC GOING FORWARD...MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THEIR NEW SHIT WITHOUT DISNEY+.🤢

[–] trevorh321 (5495) 3 years ago

I watched it for the first time about a year ago. It's a charming film.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12319) 3 years ago

They can have "The Aristocats!" That movie sucked. The other three, however, are not okay to censor. Besides, the blocking does no good if the parents can still watch it, and they can easily just switch to their account so the kids can see these movies. Or buy dvd's since the damned streaming overlords don't trust us plebes to make good decisions on our own.

Note to self: Make sure my kids get to see every politically incorrect Disney film, regardless of what the PC police have to say.

[–] horrorfan000 (2071) 3 years ago

Remember the old days when parents had the freedom to decide for themselves what was or wasn't appropriate for their children.Well now the arrogant woke mob decides for them.

[–] darkpast (8049) 3 years ago

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